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ART AROUND ADAMS 2015 Darrin Fournier:
Vol.1 No. 3 - December 2016
WHAT’S INSIDE?
WHAT’S INSIDE?
BRINGING OUT THE ARTSY SIDE OF ADAMS AVENUE
The Bunny Whisperer By Jennifer Coburn
Heights Optometry Welcome another local independent business to the neighborhood - Choose Local First!. PAGE 8
Maggie’s Café celebrates 2 years in Serra Mesa
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Visitors to Art Around Adams are likely to see jumbo pieces of art, like these.
Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon on Adams Avenue May 31 Normal Heights Community Association seeks volunteers. PAGE 9
Dining with Lola Painter Kathy Rush releases her new monthly cartoon series to promote local Food establishments. PAGE 9 &story 16 feels like it comes arrin Fournier’s straight out of Marvel Comics. Two years ago, he and his wife Karen were getting ready for a family celebration on Easter Sunday at their Serra Mesa home. From the corner of his eye, Darrin noticed something in the swimming pool. A rat? A mouse? No, it was a baby bunny, unconscious and likely dead. The Michigan transplant had always felt a special connection to rabbits and was determined to help this one if he could. Suddenly, Darrin flashed back to the 1970s when he was seven years old and his mother, a nurse, performed CPR on a rabbit. As anWinnie’s adult kneeling Picks by his pool, Darrin Winnie Hanford Kensington remembered everything his ofmother did, and video talks about movie’s we should began applying pressure to the baby rabbit’s chest. see this month. PAGE 16 Miraculously the bunny survived. The birth of a new superhero, Bunny Man? No, Fournier prefers a quieter existence as founder
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Satanic Peppeteer Orchestra is a major attraction.
Interested in playing Hocus, Rhythm & The Method, The roughly two-plus miles baseball? Skelpin, Daniel Schraer, Country between Oregon Street in Normal Rockin Rebels, Avilo & The Dwells, Heights and Vista Street in KensPage 14 The Shifty Eyed Dogs, Bloodflowington will become a thoroughfare ers, Jackie Austin Singer, Marie of art, music and entertainers on Haddad, Rosewood & Rye, Sierra Saturday, June 6, when the 12th West, Lightning, Triton Eye, League annual Art Around Adams is staged. of Liars, Sue Del Guidice, Too Fast The event, which will run from For Love, The Cherry noon to 8 p.m., is produced by Bluestorms, True Stories, Rock ‘n’ Adam Rosen of Exodus Studios, an Roll San Diego All Stars, Rich events production company. McGee, and more. A free and family attraction, Art Art Around Adams began with Around Adams will showcase Normal Heights’ artists and businumerous visual and performance The crooner. ness owners getting together at a Marie Haddad is one of many performers artists along the street. More than appearing at the festival. local coffee house to create an event 75 businesses will “morph” into Finance for Thought that would focus on the exhibition impromptu art galleries or perforof local art in business with Elisabeth Dawson mance arenas for the day. storefronts. They realized that there There will be more than nine perPage 23 were a number of art studios (comformance areas, including the Kensprised of very talented and internaington Kids Zone, featuring music, tionally known artists), a framing performance art, community and co-owner of The Bunny Whisperer, a small ones that look shop, coffee houses, antique stores,cute together. That’s a mistake, says murals, circus performers, dance, gift Mesashops within walking dis-nodding in agreement. Unless the theater, projection intergalactic business he runsart,with Karen. Theand Serra Darrin, Karen tancebonding, that would make venue superhero wrestling and comedians based Bunny Whisperer offers boarding, right great match has been made, rabbits might fight to displaying on theconsultation event’s own “Comedy and for rabbitTrolowners.for Entering theart. the death. “It’s vicious,” he says. He advises people Thesoothing event was launched on April ley.” facility, one is struck by two things: the considering adopting rabbits to do what is called 3, 2004 with a limited budget from “The Adams Avenue district conscent of lavender, and a clear love of rabbits. There “speed dating” businesses and artists. The firstthen follow up with a second and tinues to evolve,” said Rosen. “New are spacious, immaculate pens, as well an was exercise thirda major date sucbetween potential A variety of bands bunny will play inbuddies. more than nine performance areas during the festival. event considered restaurants, eclectic shops, friendly course that rivals any playground. The lavender, If there’s snuggling, grooming, or kissing, the cess, with audience estimates at over pubs, even a brewery. Adams Darrinhas Fournier is atosoothing 300. he often bunnies are a match. If they raise their tails, bite, Avenue always says, seemed put a aroma was added to unique spin on the businesses thatears. Over time a trolley uses for massaging the rabbits’ or chase each other, it may be best to move on. For alongit’s too late for dating because the populate oasis. rabbit Art Around It is itsa lucky who gets provide to stay free withtransportation some, though, the avenue, an event staplehave to this Adams stays Whisperer on the threshold the Bunny while ofits humans are on rabbits been adopted and are living under its incarnation, it evolved that evolution, new cut- pairday. vacation. Andbringing it is fortunate ofSince bunnies the same roof. into the much loved ‘Comedy Trolting-edge artists to the avenue year Serra Mesa Real Estate that live in a home where Darrin has done a “Most of the people who call me are in tears ley,” shuttling guests up and down after year.” Values - See recently consultation, either bunny-proofing houses or or they have been crying because they’re at their the avenue. Musical Performers educating owners on best practices for optimal wit’s end trying to bond their rabbits, ” says Darrin sold local homes and In 2008, Rosen came on as the Among the musical performers petbe: health happiness. But the event thrustorganizer. of the Fournier. “The rabbits are chewing up furniture will Lyricaland Goove, The Bassics, values Lyrical Groove will make an appearance. Fourniers business is bonding rabbits. and fighting with each other.” It doesn’t have to be Page 24 cont. on page 2 When many people adopt rabbits, they select
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